Hay-elevator track



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F. W. MILLER.

` HAY BLEVATUR TRACK.

No. 275,840. Patented Apr. 17,1883.

UNITED STATES FRANK. YV. MILLER,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF VVOOS'IER, OHIO.

HAY ELEVATO R TRACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,840, dated April 1'7, 1883.

Application filed January 3l, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK. W. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wooster, in the county of Wayne and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Elevator Tracks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, Inaking a part of this specification, and to the letters and Iigures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of my invention, showing the rail connected to and suspended from the rafters of a barn or other building; Fig. 2, an under plan view of the rail and its connections, and Fig. 3 a side elevation thereof.

The present invention has relation to certain new and useful improvements in the manner of connecting to and suspending from the rafters or other portion of a barn or like structure the usual rails over which passes the truck or carriage of a hay-elevator; and the invention consists in peculiar constructed devices for attachment to the rails and to the rafters, substantially as shown in the drawings, and hereinafter described `and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the rafters of a barn or other like structure, from which is suspended the rail B, preferabl y of T shape and formed in sections, which are connected together by the usual fish-plates, a, thus forming a rail of the required length. This rail, as previouslystated, is T- shaped, and can be used in an inverted position, the wheels of the truck or carriage riding on the horizontal portion of the rail, which forms flanges upon each side of the upright portion.

When the track is used as above described, the sections of the rail are connected together by a single plate riveted or bolted to the under side or horizontal portion of the rail.

To the outer end of one ofthe sections of the rail B is connected a head, C, bifurcated at its inner end to embrace the vertical portion of the rail, and secured thereto by suitable bolts or rivets in the ordinary manner. The head O is formed with av square or other irregularshaped shank, b, which passes through a correspondingly-formed hole in the cross-brace D, connected to the rafters A. The shank b terminates in a screw-threaded bolt, c, for receiving a suitable screw-threaded nut, by which means the head C is securely fastened to the cross-brace, the square or irregular form of the shank preventing the head from turning in the cross-brace.

ln addition to the above-described means of attaching the end ot' the rail to the rafters, I also employ two wire hangers, E, suitably connected to the rail, and each formed into a hook, d, at their upper ends to embrace the rafters, thereby preventing the track from swinging or moving laterally, the hangers being preferably connected to the rail by an eye, c, so that they can be adjusted to the rafters.

If the top or upper side of the track is used for the wheels of the truck or carriage to travel on, as in Fig. l, the hooked hangers can only be used at such points where the elevator is not designed to pass; but when the wheels are to travel on the flanged portion of the track the hooked hangers may be placed/eat any desired point or points.

If preferred, the cross-brace or support D may be provided with a metal plate,j`,' secured thereto by any suitable means, said plate having an opening to correspond in form to that in the rafters or cross-piece D.

Each end of the track, it should be understood, is provided with one of the bifurcated heads hereinbefore described, and connected in like manner to the rafters.

The manner of connecting the track to the rafters or suspending it therefrom form both a strong, durable, and effective means for enabling the truck orv carriage of a hay-elevator to be moved where required at any point on the track. Besides, Vthe T shape of the track enables it to be used in an inverted position with equal effect.

The sections of the track may be constructed of any suitable material, but preferably metal, the bifurcated head and fish-plates'being of a like material.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with a hay-elevator track, B, of the bifurcated heads O, having irregular-formed shank 1;,terminating inascrewthreaded bolt, c, as a means for suspending IOO c i 275,840 f the tracks within a barn or other like struetthreaded bolt, c, and the hooked hangersv E, ure. substantially as and for the purposeset connected to the rail by eye e, substantially as forth. and for the purpose described.

. 2. In a hay-elevator, the combination, with In testimony that l-elaim the above I have 5 the track B, of the bifurcated heads C and l hereunto subscribedmmy name iu the presence 15 hooked hangers E, connected to said rail, subl of two witnesses.

stantially as and for the purpose specified. l FRANK. W. MILLER.

3. In a hay-elevator, the trac-li B, in combi- VVituesses: nation with the bifurcated heads O, having ir- JOHN G. VAN NESS, 1o regular-formed shank b, terminatingin a screw- S. R. BONEWITZ. 

